SUPER TUESDAY

TOWARDS A TRUMP / BIDEN DUEL

And there is no doubt that we are heading towards a Trump/Biden duel.

Indeed, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday March 4 by overturning a judgment excluding it from the ballot in Colorado. The decision, made public this Monday, thus cancels that of Colorado which, last December, had recognized the ex-president ineligible for the presidency due to his participation in an “insurrection” on January 6, 2021. American states cannot prevent Donald Trump from running for the White House.

“GREAT VICTORY FOR AMERICA!!!”, wrote Donald Trump on his social network just after the announcement of the Supreme Court decision.

Without ruling on his involvement in the assault on the Capitol, the justices agreed that only Congress had the power to enforce section three of the Fourteenth Amendment. According to them, “it would be incongruous to read this specific amendment as granting states the power to disqualify a candidate for federal office.”

The Supreme Court also justified its decision by warning of the risk of a “chaotic patchwork according to the States, in contradiction with the principles of the federalism of our nation”. Maine and Illinois had, like Colorado, declared Donald Trump ineligible. The judges therefore also invalidate the decisions of these two States.

Among the 15 states voting today, there are two demographic juggernauts: Texas and California.